Dhyayin, Dhyayi, Dhyāyi, Dhyāyī, Dhyāyin: 8 definitions
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Dhyayin means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchDhyāyin (ध्यायिन्) refers to “one who meditates”, according to the section on Pāśupatayoga in the Skandapurāṇa-Ambikākhaṇḍa verse 178.7-8.—Accordingly, “Then, having formed the [hand gesture called] Yogahasta in which the right [hand is placed] on the left, [the Yogin] should have his face slightly tilted down while looking at the tip of his nose, without touching the teeth [of his upper jaw] with those [of the lower], and bringing to mind Brahma [in the form of] the syllable om, the wise [Yogin], who is free from his ego, meditates (dhyāyin) [thus] after [having performed] breath control”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāDhyāyin (ध्यायिन्) refers to “(one who is called the) meditator”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] If he is in the state of concentration, but ends up inan unpleasant situation, he is not irritated. Even thought he always manifests peacefulness to noble beings, he makes flaming efforts in order to bring ordinary people to maturity. Being in the state of sameness in concentration, he still teaches those with irregular behaviour by means of various kinds of teachings. He does not see the irregular in terms of sameness, and he does not obstruct the irregular with sameness. Since he is unobstructed (aviruddha), he is called the meditator (dhyāyin) whose thought is just like open space, without any obstruction, he is called a meditator with great insight, and he is called the meditator who is not dependent on consciousness. When meditation is understood in this way, then the meditation of the Bodhisattva is like the expanse of open space, which is not dependent on anything”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiDhyāyin (ध्यायिन्) refers to “one absorbed in meditation”, according to the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi [i.e., Cakrasamvara Meditation] ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “In the Mandala, an obscured Himalaya, abiding seated in lotus posture, [..] having the fat of the great flesh, absorbed in meditation (dhyāyin), with a crown, possessing wisdom, higher knowledge, half of one half of sixteen faces, three eyes, a sacred chord, adorned by a continuous line of human heads, terrifying, wrathful, a helper for crossing over together, the dreadful wilderness of saṃsāra, routing Māra, Śrī Vajrasattva, homage”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDhyāyi (ध्यायि).—[, Lalitavistara 325.6 (verse), read either dhyāna (= °ne, before ut-) with best ms., or dhyāni; in any case a loc. of dhyāna, parallel with śīle; so Tibetan]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhyāyin (ध्यायिन्).—[adjective] lost in meditation, quite intent on or devoted to (—°).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDhyāyin (ध्यायिन्):—[from dhyāyat > dhyai] mfn. absorbed in meditation, quite intent upon or engrossed in ([compound]), [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Dhyāyin (ध्यायिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jhāi.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Dhyayini.
Ends with (+1): Abhidhyayin, Adhyayin, Ahutadhyayin, Ananudhyayin, Anudhyayin, Avadhyayin, Ekadhyayin, Kramadhyayin, Madhyayin, Mrishadhyayin, Nidhyayin, Nityasvadhyayin, Padadhyayin, Rudradhyayin, Saddhyayin, Sahadhyayin, Sakalavedadhyayin, Samhitadhyayin, Satyabhidhyayin, Svadhyayin.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.93 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter XIV - A brief discourse on Yoga < [Agastya Samhita]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
3. The object, subjective creation and emptiness < [Part 12 - Non-existence of the outer object]
The Dakṣiṇāvibhaṅgasūtra < [III. Recollection of the community (saṃgānusmṛti)]
I. Seeing and hearing all the Buddhas < [Part 7 - Seeing, hearing and understanding all the Buddhas of the present]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 29 - Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Rāsa with Gopīs < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]